About Us

What is a Primary Care Network?

Primary Care Networks were introduced in 2019 as part of the NHS Long Term plan. As the population grows and people live longer, often with more complex needs, GP services have had to adapt to these changing needs.

PCNs build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people close to home.

Take a look at this short animation from NHS England which explains how they work.

Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)

A crucial part of PCNs is ARRS recruitment. The ARRS scheme helps reduce pressure on GPs and ensures that patients are being seen by the most appropriate person, improving patient access to healthcare.

The ARRS scheme helps reduce pressure on GPs and ensures that patients are being seen by the most appropriate person, improving patient access to healthcare.

North Central PCN currently hosts multiple ARRS roles, all of whom contribute to a more cohesive, integrated NHS. These roles include:

Care Coordinators
Clinical Pharmacists
First Contact Physiotherapists
Health and Wellbeing Coach
Newly Qualified GPs
Paramedics
Social Prescribers

Find out more on each of the ARRS roles in the video.

Meet our Team

Leadership Team

Dr Kosala Perera
(Arcadian Gardens Surgery)
Clinical Director

Bal Kullar
(Bounds Green Group Practice)
Operations Director

Meeru Ajithchandran
(Haringey GP Federation)
PCN Manager

Faiza Ahmed
(Haringey GP Federation)
PCN Project Support Officer

Daniela Gomes
(Haringey GP Federation)
Head of Integrated Services, Nursing & PCN Management

Sav Georgiou
(Arcadian Gardens Surgery)
Finance Lead

Dr James Thomas
(Cheshire Road Surgery)
Neighbourhood Lead

Durga Vaddi
(Haringey GP Federation)
Digital Transformation Lead

Board Members

Dr Sheena Patel, Bal Kullar
Bounds Green Group Practice

Dr Kosala Perera, Sav Georgiou
Arcadian Gardens Surgery

Dr Skanda Wijeyekoon, Patrick Aye
High Road Surgery

Dr Yousaf Mukhtar, Tarah Mahadevan
Stuart Crescent

Dr Atheetha Sivananthan, Krishan Sundaralingam
Alexandra Surgery

Dr James Thomas, Jessica Benson
Cheshire Road Surgery